How Some African Farmers Are Responding to Climate Change -- and What We Can Learn From Them
As sub-Saharan Africa's climate changes, small-scale farmers are increasingly looking to innovative ways of dealing with agricultural...
Existential Fear of Climate Change Reshaping Policy
Almost every word that can be used to describe a disaster has been used to describe the one that has befallen Houston. But there is one...
How Nigeria Can Best Contribute to Climate Finance
Over time, man has altered nature’s ability to maintain earth’s climate through industrialisation, and over exploration of natural...
China, Africa Step Up Renewable Energy Cooperation
Cooperation between China and Africa has seen remarkable progress in renewable energy, showing the determination of developing countries...
Freetown’s mudslides and the slippery slope of urban risk in Africa
On Monday 14 August, the world awoke to reports of devastation caused by large-scale mudslides and localised flooding in Freetown, Sierra...
Muslim worshipers seek green inspiration at annual Haj pilgrimage
Some 2 million people are travelling across the globe to eat, sleep, and pray in unison as the annual Islamic pilgrimage of Haj gets...
African smallholders can double their yields
Better access to irrigation for farmers is key for climate change adaptation. Until recently, irrigation had never taken off in Africa...
As flood waters rise, is urban sprawl as much to blame as climate change?
First came the dire warnings of Hurricane Harvey, then the terrible scenes as the skies opened, whole neighbourhoods drowned and...
Can Baobabs provide insight on climate change?
Recorded in the chemistry of the wood and the growth span of the tree is a history of climate patterns over the years. More baobabs –...
Thousands die in floods in Africa and Asia as climate change worsens
With the media focus on the chaos wrought by Hurricane Harvey in the US, floods have killed many more people in Africa and Asia this...